Director, Strategic Change
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About the Role
Hydro One is seeking a Director of Strategic Change to lead Change Management and Culture initiatives. You will create and maintain a five-year vision and roadmap, partner with senior leadership, and manage a team.
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Responsibilities
- Create and maintain the five year vision, journey and roadmap to operationalize the strategic plan and establish a credible and sustainable change & culture capability.
- Partner with Senior Leadership to define the context of the change, and provide direction to the Change Management Team.
- Define specific business solutions and structures needed to realize transformation/business improvement/value creation opportunities.
- Conduct/Utilize organizational assessments to assess the capacity to change, leadership capability, training and performance support capabilities.
- Prepare executive workshops to facilitate decision making and build the leadership teams commitment for the change journeys.
- Assess and select enterprise Change Management methodologies and ensure alignment with Hydro One’s culture and leadership expectations.
- Report effectiveness of Change Management initiatives to C level executives and identify improvement opportunities.
- Set direction for a long term (5 to 10 year) Change Management Office capability roadmap.
- Coach/Mentor direct reports and assist them in competency and career development.
- Set a direction for the company’s recognition strategy and evolve existing recognition programs.
- Report on the effectiveness of recognition programs to C level executives.
- Facilitate workshops and focus groups with employees and people managers to enable them to live the values.
Requirements
- 12+ years in leading Change Management programs
- Experience in designing and managing recognition, culture, and employee experience programs
- Significant exposure in using the Prosci methodology to implement change programs
- Experienced in delivering an enterprise change strategy / implementing large scale transformations
- Deep Change Management program delivery experience with strong track record
- Experienced in managing executive sponsorship / executive coaching at the most senior levels of organizations
- Multiple experiences selecting, contracting for and managing Change & Culture vendors
- Experience managing large cross functional matrixed teams
- Previous experience in roles within 100% of change management capabilities listed
- Broad utilities functional and process experience
- Strong background in projects required (14+ years)
- University degree in Business or Communications or equivalent
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Accountability
- The Director of Strategic Change is responsible for Change Management and Culture within Hydro One.
- Change Management portfolio includes ISD projects, HR people strategy projects, LoB initiatives, Organization Design efforts.
- Culture includes recognition, service recognition awards, KUDOS Social Recognition program, President’s Awards, Company Values.
Specific Accountability
- Create and maintain the five year vision, journey and roadmap to operationalize the strategic plan.
- Partner with Senior Leadership to define the context of the change.
- Define specific business solutions and structures needed to realize transformation opportunities.
- Conduct organizational assessments to assess capacity to change.
- Prepare executive workshops to facilitate decision making.
- Assess and select enterprise Change Management methodologies.
- Report effectiveness of Change Management initiatives to C level executives.
- Set direction for a long term Change Management Office capability roadmap.
- Coach/Mentor direct reports.
- Set direction for the company’s recognition strategy.
- Report on the effectiveness of recognition programs.
- Facilitate workshops and focus groups to enable employees to live the values.
Qualifications
- 12+ Years in leading Change Management programs.
- Experience in designing and managing recognition, culture, and employee experience programs.
- Significant exposure in using the Prosci methodology to implement change programs.
- Experienced in delivering an enterprise change strategy / implementing large scale transformations.
- Deep Change Management program delivery experience w/ strong track record.
- Experienced in managing executive sponsorship /executive coaching at the most senior levels of organizations.
- Multiple experiences selecting, contracting for and managing Change & Culture vendors.
- Experience managing large cross functional matrixed teams.
- Previous experience in roles within 100% of change management capabilities listed.
- Broad utilities functional and process experience.
- Strong background in projects required (14+ years).
- University degree in Business or Communications or equivalent.
Competencies
- Organizationally savvy
- Operates at C suite/VP level
- Strong understanding of strategic planning and transition to execution
- Ability to align change & culture services to support corporate strategy
- Detailed working knowledge of industry Change & Culture and other methodologies
- Extensive working knowledge of change & culture industry tools including SharePoint, RWD, LMS, Prosci tools
- Extensive working knowledge of change management techniques
- Extensive working knowledge of project lifecycle, governance and portfolio management
- Extensive working knowledge of talent / performance management techniques
- Ability to conduct a wide array of change management related assessments
- Ability to support conflict resolution senior executives
- Ability to facilitate Senior Executive workshops
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